Silverlight 1.1 becomes Silverlight 2.0

Since the announcement of Silverlight 1.0 and 1.1 back at MIX’07, there has been many questions swirling around as to why Silverlight 1.1 wasn’t jumping a full version to Silverlight 2.0. Typically in a Microsoft product evolution, anytime you release minor or subtle changes, you would typically do a “point” release (ie. .NET Framework 1.1). However, if the product goes through significant modifications and game changing feature enhancements, you’d bump up to the next full version (ie. .NET Framework 2.0, .NET Framework 3.0). These follow the typical Major/Minor version numbering scheme.

You will find a Beta of Silverlight 2.0 coming in Q1/2008. To get the knowledge and guidance you need for building Silverlight 2.0 applications, we well as find out the latest information on Microsoft’s web direction, I’d highly suggest attending this years MIX’08 conference. We’ll see you in Vegas!